Rude Mechs Bring a Karaoke Christmas Carol Into Your Home and You’re the Star

Local theatre savants revamp Dickens for your holiday acting pleasure

"...this first one, this Karaoke Christmas Carol – is Charles Dickens’ classic as rewritten by the company’s Kirk Lynn...."

Oct. 6, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

To The Lighthouse With Director Robert Eggers

On superstition, isolation, and trained seagulls

"...RE: People return to the same things. Charles Dickens wrote the same story a million times -..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Charles Dickens owned the raven that inspired Edgar Allan Poe...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Adler: Lege Has "Declared War" on Texas Cities

The mayor's State of the City applauded local efforts and condemned state attacks

"...With a little help from Charles Dickens, Mayor Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...With a little help from Charles Dickens, Mayor Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Improvising All Night Long! Twice!

The Hideout's annual improv marathon extends to 48 hours

"...popular mainstage formats such as Start Trekkin' (Fri., 7pm), Charles Dickens Unleashed! (Sat., 3pm), the recent salute to Eighties-era..."

June 21, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Review: Forthright

Tiny cafe serves solid classics

"...without a stir and you are chapters deep in Charles Dickens; pull in the brown sugar and a piece..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Hightower Report

Why Bill Clinton should just go away

"...run by right-wing politicos who've shriveled the benefits to Dickensian levels...."

June 17, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...A Christmas CarolDec. 12, Museum of Human AchievementCharles Dickens' novella gets abstract in this version focusing on..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Improvising Chekhov With Nothing and Everything

To improvise Chekhov plays, the cast of Nothing and Everything learned just how much goes on in them

"...improviser of longstanding whose extensive credits have ranged from Charles Dickens Unleashed and Fakespeare to Start Trekkin' and The..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Alexa Harrington

A Christmas Carol

Zach Theatre's musical mashup of Christmases Past and Present puts bumps in Scrooge's journey

"...players at a community theatre, seeing some rendition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has become an all but..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play

The development of electricity prompts questions about intimacy in Sarah Ruhl's play

"...Ruhl is clearly a graduate of the Charles Dickens School of Character-Naming as her Dr. Givings (Craig..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

A Chilling Time at the Drafthouse

The BBC's classic ghost stories haunt the screen

"...of the festive fright may arguably have begun with Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol, but Montague Rhodes James,..."

Dec. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

11/22

Legendary Austin author Neal Barrett Jr. describes that fateful day in 1963

"...premiums, and other such matters in large gray ledgers. Charles Dickens could have slipped right in at ease...."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Neal Barrett Jr

You're All Just Jealous of His Jetpack

Tom Gauld's new collection of comics takes off flying

"...of that ilk, archly namechecking and graphically winking at Charles Dickens, Margaret Mitchell, Dan Brown, Martin Amis, Emile Zola,..."

June 5, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Review: 'Parade's End'

HBO miniseries is sumptuous and intellectually rigorous

"...Director Susanna White, who won a BAFTA for her..."

Feb. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Brandon's Tops & Bottoms

Gay Place bloggers weigh in with individual lists: 2012 from 10 to F1

"...1) Fake Hate Charles Dickens' supreme read still applies; the "worst of times"..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Led Zeppelin

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...in performing "Stairway to Heaven." They rise up like Charles Dickens' Ghost of Christmas Past, play rock & roll,..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

The 43 Hour Improv Marathon

Comedy worth losing sleep over

"...to dreamscapes, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries to Charles Dickens novels, Star Trek to Baywatch, David Mamet to..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Team Spirit

The 2012 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...his award-winning adaptations of novels by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens (he also co-wrote the Oscar-nominated script for Bullets..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Cuento Navideño: Bah Humbug in the Barrio

A Latina Scrooge has a change of heart in this sweet adaptation of A Christmas Carol

"...You are far from the man you were when Charles Dickens introduced you 168 Decembers back...."

Dec. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Dark Side of the Box Set

When the album becomes immersion

"...First the novel went belly-up somewhere north of Charles Dickens, and now music's long-player is routinely decried as..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Climate change, tuition, drunken driving, and more

"...The 200th birthday of Charles Dickens is Feb. 7, 2012...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Fresh and the Cured

Two local charcuterie wizards surf the old wave

"...worlds of duck and pork belly. The "Christmas" or "Charles Dickens" chicken sausage made with cream and brandy is..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Fantastic Fest: 'Nevermore'

One-man Poe show closes festival

"...or Simon Callow did on the English stage for Charles Dickens, Combs recreates the kind of public recitation allowed..."

Oct. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Red Rain

Greed, muck, and strife at a Hudson River port in 1864

"...there's often too much Margaret Mitchell and not enough Charles Dickens. After his well-received debut, Waterborne, Bruce Murkoff turns..."

July 23, 2010 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Improv

Three of Austin's top improv troupes get to play away this summer

"...Parallelogramophonograph, the B. Iden Payne Award-winning creators of improvised Charles Dickens, improvised French farce, and improvised screwball comedy, among..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...visited upon Alan Moore's acclaimed Watchmen, the milieu of Charles Dickens brought vividly to local stages via improvisations by..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Event Menu

Your local list of foodie events

"...www.beckervineyards.com) near Fredericksburg. Festivities will include fireside readings of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, complimentary appetizers, wine tastings, and..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...I will be premiering a new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities commissioned by the..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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